Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X878/1/9
  • Title
    Sale Catalogue Particulars and conditions of sale regarding freehold estates at Bedford to be sold by auction by Mr Prickett at the Swan Inn, Bedford on 21 December 1799. Map and particulars lodged with Mr Kidman, Attorney at Law, Bedford. Lots 1-9, 13 & 14 are held on lease by Mr Barnard (Lot 1) Mansion House, High Street, Bedford: 3 storeys with 2 bedrooms, 2 dark rooms, 6 chambers, dressing room, hall, dining parlour, breakfast parlour, music room, kitchen, scullery, coal cellar, beer and wine cellars, walled forecourt with pump, a yard with drying ground, gardens, stable with loft, wash-house, shed, wood-house, paddock and a summer-house, occupied by Mr Whitehouse and Mr Barnard (Lot II) Meeting-house, warehouse, wood-house, poultry house, pig sty and adjoining land, containing at the west end next the High Street 24', and N-S at the east end 24', occupied by Messrs Ranger, Rowlson and Whitehouse (Lot III) Dwelling house: garret, 3 chambers, parlour, hall, wash-house, front shop, yard and garden, occupied by Mr Charles Drew, mason (Lot IV) Dwelling house: 3 chambers, parlour, kitchen, shop, wash-house, cellar, with office, yard, garden and granary, on the south side of the yard, occupied by Mr Button, butcher and Mr Eden, farmer (Lot V) Range of granaries on ground fronting Lucks Lane: yard, store-house, guard room, E-W 172', N-S 40', occupied by Messrs Malden, Wagstaff, Whitehouse and others (Lot VI) Rich garden ground adjoining Lots 1 & 5 extending E-W along Lucks Lane 202', N-S 249', containing 2r 30 p, occupied by Mr Mowbray (Lot VII) Rich garden ground adjoining Lot 5, extending E-W along Lucks Lane 202', N-S 149', containing 2r 30p, occupied by Mr Mowbray (Lot VIII) Rich garden ground adjoining Lots 6 & 7, extending E-W along Mill Lane 237', with summer house, containing 1ac 1r 30p occupied by Mr Mowbray, the purchaser to be at the expense of putting up the fence next south boundary (Lot IX) Close of sweard land adjoining Lot 8 and Mill Lane, with stable, 2 pieces garden ground on the south side, containing 1ac 1r 10p, occupied by Messrs Barnard, Davis and Leech (Lot X) Close of arable land on N side the road leading from Bedford to Goldington containing 5ac 2r 29p, occupied by Mr Robert Bunting, butcher, as tenant at will (Lot XI) Close of sweard land at Newnham, with cow house for 8 cows and calf pens, containing 6ac, occupied by Mr Robert Bunting, butcher; includes several trees standing in Lot 11, and one moiety of the hedge or fence between Lots 11 & 12, made and kept up by the purchaser of Lot 11 (Lot XII) Close of sweard land adjoining Lot 11 with 2 bay barn and 4 bay hovel, containing 6ac; includes several trees standing on Lot 12, and one moiety of the hedge between Lots 11 & 12, made and kept up by the purchaser of Lot 12 (Lot 13) Plot of meadow land in Goldington Meadow containing 7 and a half ac, occupied by Mr Barnard (Lot XIV) 2 plots meadow in Goldington Meadow containing 2ac, occupied by Mr Barnard (Lot XV) in Potter Street - Messuage: 3 chambers, parlour, kitchen, hall, pantry, wash house, cellar, 2 stall stable with loft, chaise lodge, yard and garden, occupied by Thomas Cockman esq. Cottage adjoining: 2 bedrooms, kitchen, wash house, cellar, occupied by Henry Thurrell Rich paddock behind the premises, occupied by Mr John Wing in the tenure of Mr John Wing as tenant at will Conditions of sale state that the greatest purchaser is to be entitled to the custody of the original Title Deeds, and is to covenant to produce same to other purchasers when requested Annotated "Rec'd Decr 21st 1799 of Mr Watkins Ninety two Pounds as a Deposit for Lots 8 and 9 in the annexed printed Particular"
  • Date free text
    December 1799
  • Production date
    From: 1799 To: 1799
  • Level of description
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